"It only took the entire existence of humanity to reach this point." as everything else.
replyEUV required genuine new engineering for an example.
To pick just one achievement among many, the Raptor engines on the Starship are literally revolutionary. First ever full-flow staged combustion engine, designed for both extreme reliability and cheap mass production, even the fuel they use (methalox) had never been tried at this scale.
replyI agree with the engineering of Raptor engines, fair and square but does that have anything to do with catching ar ocket?
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